eudemonia
Americannoun
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happiness; well-being.
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Aristotelianism. happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason.
noun
Etymology
Origin of eudemonia
Example Sentences
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After eudemonia and voice, the value of helping others comes before family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
The first is eudemonia, a Greek term the Values Bridge uses to encompass self-care, leisure and pleasure—essentially, things that feel good to us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Our account of morality may be called the eudemonistic account, from the Greek eudemonia, happiness, or the teleological account, from telos, an end.
From Problems of Conduct by Durant Drake
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